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Algorithm Engineer at Ant Group since April 2026, researching pre-trained models for structured data and time series. Recent work includes FEAT, OneDB (SIGKDD 2026), and QBase (TKDE 2026). Explore my experience and research below, or download the PDF CV.
General information
| Name | Tang Qian |
| Label | Algorithm Engineer at Ant Group |
| qt.tang.qian@zju.edu.cn | |
| Phone | +86-19982050103 |
| Url | https://qt.qiantech.online/ |
| Summary | Algorithm Engineer at Ant Group since April 2026, researching pre-trained models for structured data and time series. |
Work
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2026.04 - Present Algorithm Engineer
Ant Group
Research on pre-trained models for structured data and time series.
- Pre-trained structured data models
- Pre-trained time-series models
Volunteer
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2023 - 2025 Hangzhou, China
Class Monitor
Software Engineering Class 6, Grade 2023
Serving as the Class Monitor for Software Engineering Class 6, Grade 2023.
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2023 - 2024 Hangzhou, China
President of Student Union
College of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University
Serving as the President of Student Union for the College of Computer Science and Technology.
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2021 - 2022 Chengdu, China
President of the College Student Union
Southwest Jiaotong University
Served as President of the College Student Union.
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2021 - 2023 Chengdu, China
Deputy Secretary
College League Committee, Southwest Jiaotong University
Served as Deputy Secretary of the College League Committee.
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2020 - 2023 Chengdu, China
Class Monitor
Computer Science Class 1, Grade 2019
Served as the Class Monitor for Computer Science Class 1, Grade 2019.
Education
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2023.09 - Present Hangzhou, China
Master's
Zhejiang University
Computer Science and Technology
- Vector Search
- Distributed Systems
- Big Data Analysis
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2019.09 - 2023.06 Chengdu, China
Bachelor's
Southwest Jiaotong University
Computer Science and Technology
- Spatio-temporal data analysis
- Graph neural networks
Publications
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2026.08.08 OneDB: A Distributed Multi-Metric Data Similarity Search System
ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (SIGKDD)
A distributed multi-metric data similarity search system, published at SIGKDD 2026, pages 4024–4033.
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2026.03.17 FEAT: A Linear-Complexity Foundation Model for Extremely Large Structured Data
arXiv (preprint)
A linear-complexity foundation model for extremely large structured data, supporting zero-shot classification, regression, and missing-value imputation.
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2026 QBase: A Query Aware Vector Search System
IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE)
A query-aware vector search system that uses similarities between query vectors to improve search efficiency.
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2025 DIMS: Distributed Index for Similarity Search in Metric Spaces
IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE)
A research paper on distributed indexing techniques for efficient similarity search in metric spaces, accepted by the IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering journal for 2025 publication.
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2022 Spatio-Temporal Latent Graph Structure Learning for Traffic Forecasting
International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2022)
A conference paper exploring novel graph structure learning techniques for traffic forecasting, incorporating both spatial and temporal dimensions.
Projects
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FEAT: A Linear-Complexity Foundation Model for Extremely Large Structured Data
A linear-complexity foundation model for extremely large structured data, supporting zero-shot classification, regression, and missing-value imputation.
- Structured data foundation models
- Bidirectional state-space modeling and gated linear attention
- Linear sample-axis complexity
- Zero-shot learning
- 2025 - Present
High-Dimensional Data Retrieval Systems
Research project exploring approximation algorithms to improve query throughput in distributed nearest neighbor search, developing techniques to handle data skew and load balancing in graph-based distributed indexes, and conducting benchmark evaluation against state-of-the-art vector search systems.
- Approximation Algorithms
- Distributed Nearest Neighbor Search
- Data Skew Handling
- Load Balancing
- Benchmark Evaluation
- 2023 - 2024
Distributed Indexing for Metric Space
Designed and implemented a scalable distributed architecture using Spark for processing large-scale metric datasets, optimized data partitioning algorithms to reduce network communication overhead by 40% while maintaining search accuracy, and conducted extensive experimental evaluation.
- Distributed Architecture
- Spark
- Data Partitioning Optimization
- Network Communication Reduction
- Experimental Evaluation
- 2024 - 2025
OneDB: Multi-Modal Data Similarity Search Framework
Developed a distributed framework for multi-modal data similarity search supporting efficient querying across heterogeneous data types, designed a dual-layer indexing strategy, implemented a lightweight weight learning model, and achieved significant performance improvements over state-of-the-art solutions.
- Multi-Modal Data
- Distributed Framework
- Heterogeneous Data Types
- Dual-Layer Indexing
- Weight Learning Model
- 2024 - 2025
QBase: A Query Aware Vector Database System
Development of QBase, an innovative query-aware vector database system designed to optimize vector search with dynamic query optimization, implementing cost-based query planning algorithms to adaptively select optimal index structures.
- Vector Database System
- Dynamic Query Optimization
- Cost-based Query Planning
- Adaptive Index Selection
- 2021 - 2022
Graph-based Traffic Analysis Platform
Built data preprocessing pipeline for cleaning and normalizing traffic sensor data from multiple urban sources, implemented spatio-temporal graph neural network models, and designed interactive visualization dashboard to present traffic patterns and prediction results.
- Data Preprocessing
- Traffic Sensor Data
- Spatio-Temporal Graph Neural Networks
- Python
- PyTorch
- Interactive Visualization
Awards
- 2023
Huawei Elite Scholarship (Top 2%)
Huawei Technologies
Prestigious scholarship awarded to outstanding graduate students in computer science and technology.
- 2024
First Prize in 2024 CCF China Database Summer Competition
China Computer Federation
First prize in the national database competition organized by the China Computer Federation.
- 2023
First-class Student Scholarship
Zhejiang University
Top 3% scholarship for outstanding academic performance.
- 2023
Outstanding Graduate Student
Zhejiang University
Recognition for outstanding academic performance and contribution to the university community.
- 2023
Excellent Graduate Student Leader
Zhejiang University
Award for exceptional performance in student leadership roles.
- 2023
Outstanding Youth League Member
Zhejiang University
Recognition for exemplary participation and contribution as a member of the Communist Youth League.
- 2023
Outstanding Graduate of Sichuan Province
Sichuan Province
Provincial recognition for outstanding graduating students.
- 2022
- 2022
First-class Scholarship of Leeds School (2021-2022)
Southwest Jiaotong University
Highest academic scholarship at Leeds School.
- 2022
Outstanding Youth League Cadre
Southwest Jiaotong University
Recognition for leadership in Youth League activities.
- 2021
Exemplary Outstanding Student
Southwest Jiaotong University
University-level recognition for exceptional academic and extracurricular performance.
- 2021
First-class Scholarship of Leeds School (2020-2021)
Southwest Jiaotong University
Highest academic scholarship at Leeds School.
- 2021
University-level Model League Branch Honor
Southwest Jiaotong University
Recognition for exemplary League branch performance.
- 2020
National Scholarship
Ministry of Education of China
Highest national-level scholarship for undergraduate students.
- 2020
Outstanding Student
Southwest Jiaotong University
University-level recognition for academic excellence.
Skills
| Programming Languages | |
| C++ | |
| Scala | |
| Python |
| Frameworks & Tools | |
| Spark | |
| Hadoop | |
| Distributed Computing |
Languages
| Chinese | |
| Native speaker |
| English | |
| Professional working proficiency |
Interests
| Database Systems | |
| Vector Search | |
| High-Dimensional Data | |
| Similarity Search | |
| Distributed Databases |